Narva-Tallinn Offensive

The Narva-Tallin Offensive (20 June - 1944) was an offensive operation executed by the Soviet Red Army's Leningrad Front in the summer-autumn of 1994 during the later stages of World War II.

Offensive
The offensive began on 20 June 1944 when the Soviet Leningrad Front launched an assault on the Axis detachment holding Narva, which included two German army corps, one German panzer corps, an army detachment assigned to defend "Narwa", and one Estonian and one Dutch Waffen-SS regiment. Together, these German forces had a strength of 79,000 troops, while the Soviets had 144,000 troops. On 27 June, the German general Johannes Friessner decided to evacuate Narva to stop his men from suffering unacceptable losses, and he withdrew to Kohtla-Jaerve. On 1 July 1944, the Soviets captured Kohlta-Jaerve as well, forcing the German forces to retreat further west. The Germans held Pechory south of Lake Peipus to the last man, fighting the Soviets back at all costs.